New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-11

ms tho proprictors consider themselves fully pro-
tected by tho recent extraordinary police court
decision. 1t would be good idea for the Mayor
or Poiice Board to gd opinion from the Cor
poration Counsel on that amazing Interpretation
OF the law. Tho hiaher courts have always
brushed aside all tho fmsy prctcxts and shnms
with which gamblers have tried 10 shield their
violations Of the Penal Code and whom this ques-
ton comes before n Supreme CouIt Judge there
can be no doubt OF the result.
The Masonic Grand LOdco has purged the
fraternity by casting out atom Gould and some
others Of his illI. Tho wonder is how men OF
that stamp could ever gain admission to Masonic
lodge They touch nothing that they do not
! cOntaminate.
Mr. Chandler II elected TO tho United States
senate viii contribute much useful infor-
| nation and sound advice on oil questions relating
to the increase OF the navy and tho Notification
of the coast When he was Secretary OF the Navy
Inc was the head Of the Department, not the chief
clerk of the Bureau Of Navigation and It's cotere or
Hatterers. He mastered all the details of the
Office. introduced many practical reforms and rec
| commended sensible methods of reorganizing the
force and improving its efficiency lie gave form
and direction to the movement for building
new navy, and IA entitled to great share of
tho credit for taking preliminary steps toward
securing the domesi cation Of the manufacture
OF gun metal and ship a1nor on large scale.
lie win be a man of force at oil times in the
Senate but whenever these special subjects are
under discussion no will speak with commanding
authority.
| Mark D. wilber. United States District-AHorndy
for Brooklyn by appointment OF President Cleve-
land says that In few months no Republicans
will be left in office. What do the Civil Service
Reforrners think OF q system that reforms Re
publicans out and Democrats IMP Is this the way
Mr. Cleveland Is keeping tie pledges Of which
the reformeIs boast
The English Tories have wisely dropped the
worst feature Of their Coercion bill The proposal
of q change OF venue to England was ono which
never ought to have been limited ut. Convictions
Of Irishmen by English junes would have been
regarded justly In the island Ms the most tyranncal
OF abuses of foreign government. in the present
crisis English Ministers have no statistics showing
increased crime on which TO base tholr appeals
for coercion The tarring Of the heads OF two
girls has been the only sensational case OF crime
referred to in the debates on tho Goyernmol
side-thcre may be- another exception In The wanton
persecution Of Miss Curtins-yct there was de-
liberate proposal for tho most rigorous form OF
coercion I'm the change OF venue to London
Happily, the Ministry have found out their mis-
tal1e and abandoned this feature of their pro
gramme. With tho big majority now at their
disposal it Is remarkable that they should have
consented even to this change.
The Recorder OF Albany has just let of Troy
repeater who tried To vote In one of the wards
of Albany at the last election with fifty days i'm
pnsonment In JAIL Considering the enormity of
the offence the sentence is ridieulously light.
IL there any scoundrel who should receive JUS
tice without mercy 1t Is the one who Is caught
tampedng with the ballot box The Recorder Of
Albany Is O Democrat.
The municipal council Of Paris has eased its
conscience respecting the Opera Comique fire by
denouncing two Ministers and the Project of Police
ns tho authors OF the catastrophe. The indictment
against one of the Ministers Is II strong one, since
he was officially responsible for precautions against
fire I'm places OF amusement and had his attention
directed to the Opera Comique a fortnight before
10 was burned. The Council adopts q greatly
needed reform in compelling oil theatres. cafes
and concert halls In Paris to substitute electric
light for gas. The loss OF life IN the recent
calamity would have been pssatively Light Ii